It’s Official. I’m a Full-Time Solopreneur.
By Michael Pollock in Solostream News
A little over a month ago, I introduced Solostream Web Studio. If you remember, I set a short term goal to establish it as a successful small business web design firm. At the time, “successful” meant that it would support me financially without having to work an additional full-time job. I thought (hoped) I could make it happen by the end of the year.
It happened sooner than that. August 28 (last Monday) was officially my last day as an employee. I now operate Solostream Web Studio full-time from my home office. It’s a little weird. It just sort of happened. I wrote a few blog posts that drew a lot of interest and led to a lot of links from bigger sites, and the people just showed up and wanted to work with me. So much so that I couldn’t afford to go off to a job every day when there was so much business coming in here at home.
There’s more to it than that, of course, and I’ll talk about it later. For now, I just wanted to take this opportunity to update everyone and tell you how amazing it feels to be free. Especially after dreaming and writing about it for nearly two years.
On Sep 3, 2006, Denise aka The Blog Squad said:
Congratulations Michael! I’m not the least bit surprised. You’re smart, talented, creative and a great blogger. I wish you every success for many, many years to come.
Denise
On Sep 3, 2006, Chuck said:
Congratulations on your full time status! Keep up the good work helping other Solopreneurs go full time!
On Sep 4, 2006, Tomse said:
Congratulations Michael!
I am far away from this state of freedom, but seeing your success encourages to keep trying.
Best wishes,
Tomse
On Sep 4, 2006, Martin said:
Awesome stuff Michael … I hope it all goes well for you.
On Sep 4, 2006, Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. said:
Congrats, Michael, this is good news and well deserved! Looking forward to reading more on your process. Keep up the good blogging!
On Sep 4, 2006, Michael said:
Thanks everyone. Couldn’t have done it withoutcha.
On Sep 5, 2006, Wendy Piersall said:
Welcome HOME!! Congrats - and let me know if you need anything along the way! :) -W
On Sep 6, 2006, TechZ said:
Congrats :D
On Sep 8, 2006, Robert Bruce said:
Big congrats man.
I’ve been a reader since the early SBB days, this is great to see.
On Sep 21, 2006, Yaro said:
All I can say is…about time!
I think you are soon going to be inundated with work. Only a matter of time before you hire your first underling.